Why is a person who lives on disability, a republican?

An acquaintance of mine lives on disability because she has MS. She's been posting all sorts of repug crap - the same stuff you hear from Rush and the other repugs, like Obama cooked the job numbers - on facebook for all her friends to see. I finally had enough and posted something rude (like "shut up") and of course I was de-friended.

Don't people who depend on things like disability, and other benefits, realize they support the party that sees programs like that, as evil socialism? Even more, Ryan said he does not believe in "altruism". Didn't she hear about the Romney comments on entitlement for 47%? Is there a parallel universe out there? Am I dreaming? How can anyone be so stupid? (e.g. they vote against their own economic self interest). ARGH!!!!!

22. did glenn beck tell u that? ahhhhhhh

LOL.
Yea there are so many people out there who want to give up working so they can get the measly amount of money that disability gives them. its not even enough to survive.
And u actually support cutting benefits THAT THEY ACTUALLY PAID INTO THEMSELVES THIER WHOLE LIVES.
Its not acting "entitled" when u ask for what is due to you!
How can u guys vote for romney?
The guy actually said he enjoys firing people and he made his careeer by shutting down american plants.
HECK,HE EVEN TOLD THE DEBATE MODERATOR THAT HE WANTED TO FIRE HIM!!

5. My friend's uncle is on foodstamps and he is voting for Romney

He lost his job, so without those food stamps his family would be in even more trouble. However, the President's skin color seems to be more of a concern than his family not having food on the table. The sad part is that this idiot complains about the "lazy" minorities being on welfare and claims the President is more concerned about helping them. It is really sad and pathetic.

13. I don't know who said this originally but it seems true to me...

The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it.

73. That is great. I'm posting this on Facebook.

17. God!

There sure seems to a lot of dumb f _ _ ks out there in America. Seems like they didn't pay attention at all in school and learn how to think for themselves instead of what they hear on right wing media outlets. It is sad and pathetic.

42. Maybe he resents his dependence?

I'm all for giving these kinds of people verbal wake-up calls. I know a lot of people say don't do anything with these kinds of people, it won't help, but it sure feels good to feed these self-righteous hypocrites and morons a good serving of humble pie.

9. They are profoundly foolish.

10. It's those lazy, shiftless, one could even say uppity, others who are the problem.

Listen closely to Republican rhetoric and you'll start to hear the dog whistles, your acquaintance knows the Republicans aren't talking about her but rather about Cadillac driving welfare mothers and their strapping young baby daddys buying t-bone steaks and forty ounce malt liquors with welfare money.

Once you learn the code and what they're really talking about you'll be rather less perplexed and more disgusted.

18. Yeah "pro life"

They think they would be the one that was selected when a romney had In vitro,

Sperm sorting is a means of choosing what type of sperm cell is to fertilize the egg cell. It can be used to sort out sperm that are most healthy, as well as determination of more specific traits, such as sex selection in which spermatozoa are separated into X- (female) and Y- (male) chromosome bearing populations based on their difference in DNA content. The resultant 'sex-sorted' spermatozoa are then able to be used in conjunction with other assisted reproductive technologies such as artificial insemination or in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to produce offspring of the desired sex.

32. Fundamental attribution error. A common fallacy

"In social psychology, the fundamental attribution error (also known as correspondence bias or attribution effect) describes the tendency to over-value dispositional or personality-based explanations for the observed behaviors of others while under-valuing situational explanations for those behaviors. The fundamental attribution error is most visible when people explain the behavior of others. It does not explain interpretations of one's own behavior—where situational factors are often taken into consideration. This discrepancy is called the actor–observer bias."

In a nutshell, when *I* have to go on food stamps, it's because I'm a victim of bad circumstance. When someone else has to go on food stamps, they are doing it because of an intrinsic character flaw - they are lazy and unwilling to get a "real" job. The cognitive dissonance is breathtaking.

15. I have a friend who collects SSI, even though I don't consider him disabled at all.

And he's a hard right-winger. I actually don't consider him a friend that much any more, but since I've known him 20 years, well, you know. I have never called him out on the SSI thing though. I prefer to avoid discussing anything with him.

16. They are channeling their inner Red Queen...

"Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Alice in Wonderland.

25. My dsabled cousin is the same

He started in yesterday on Soros, and Obama cooking the unemployment numbers and blah blah blah.

I finally said: "Dude, I'm gonna tell everyone like you to go right on ahead and vote for Romney/Ryan. But when those assholes take away your social security and medicare DO NOT call me and bitch about it, because I am gonna laugh in your face."

"But my SS is written in stone! They can't take that away!"

"Dear old Cuz, Romney and Ryan think SS is a Ponzi scheme, and NOTHING is written in stone. Democrats gave you SS and Republicans want it GONE. So do what you want, but DO NOT CALL ME and bitch later, cuz I don't want to hear it..."

"I guess I'm just not gonna vote this year, then," he said.

The media are messing with his mind; he has a head injury, but even HE can understand the peril he may face with a REpuke pres.

35. That's the way I look at it

He is brainwashed and tends to believe everything he is told, but part of his deal is that on that ( Very Italian ) side of my family, there has been a falling out.

All of us have been diehard Dems, from our immigrant Grandma who always said, "FDR was our friend." But my cousin is angry at his Dem brothers ( with good cause but that's another story ) so I think he likes to play with Repukes as a way to disavow his siblings.

And part of it is the media, because he has all day to love on Glen Beck and FOX.

We go back and forth, but yesterday, I just had it, and decided I wasn't arguing any more. Ryan/Rmoney are very clear on how they view Social Security, and I am absolutely floored that people on SS would support them, so I am going to repeat that to everyone I know on SS.

"Vote for whom you wish, but DO NOT call me and complain when you end up losing your benefits because YOU DID IT TO YOURSELVES."

31. Well, "shut up" usually doesn't change any minds, although I can relate to your

frustration. My daughter has a friend who was injured badly, almost died 10 years ago at the age of 14 in an automobile accident. He's confined to a wheelchair and absolutely would rely on SSI to survive were he not living at home. He went to school on Pell grants. He reaps the benefits of the ADA everywhere he goes. You can be sure his single mother pays no income tax (she works as a gas-station cashier) and I suspect probably qualifies for and receives food stamps. He lives at home and takes his disability check to the casinos at the first of every month, where he posts Facebook updates on his poker and slots until the money runs dry again, till next month. He and his chain-smoking mommy are both rabid republicans.

Stupid little shit probably has a Romney/Ryan sticker on the back of his chair.

43. is she White ? she may be racist, i came across someone like that once

it was at work. i wasn't really talking to her but another person i was working with was. she was saying all kinds of crap about how her daughter was White so she had it tougher while all the minority kids were getting into school because they were minority and had less standards. and minority kids didn't have to pay.

50. cognitive dissonance

51. Ignorance, a need to feel superior, bigotry.

Many low income repukes just hate everyone who is "other". It makes them feel superior to think they're part of a group like Romney and Reagan. Even though those two wouldn't spit on them if they were on fire.

52. People should be required to vote for Dems if they're receiving government assistance.

How can anyone be so stupid to vote against their own economic interests? Ask a wealthy Democrat like Clinton, Kerry or Gore. Sometimes a vote isn't based on how much one will personally benefit. I supposed it works both ways.

53. I am also

on disability. Dont these people realize if this clown is elected we will loose everything? Food stamps, housing, medical, it goes first. Where are you going to live when they pull housing assistance? Who can afford to live in a $600.00 apt and get 700.00 in disability. You cant do it. Homeless.

56. They don't think the cuts will apply to them.

They think they deserve it but that other people don't, and that somehow cuts in "entitlements" won't hit them, just the "other people" who are driving around in Escalades and buying booze with food stamps.

Plus, add the constant propaganda they watch and listen to and you get these people who vote against their own best interests.

64. Very sad and very, very stupid. It is sad, but how do you reason with sheer stupid?

58. I live on disability and I'm no damn republican. It makes me even more aware

that they want to take away the only thing keeping me alive (and yes, I worked and paid into it so it's MY MONEY).

Why would they vote against their own economic self-interest, among other things? They're (purposely) distracted by buzzwords and well-painted enemies of our country (read: anyone republicans don't like), etc. And/or their memories are too short-term to remember that republicans have been voting against more jobs purposely in order to claim it's Obama's fault.

62. "Stupid" is the word, the perfect description

Hypocritical is another appropriate term, as well as self-destructive. Of course, many lying-ass repukes are actually mentally ill but it'll take another 10 years before that diagnosis is publicly acceptable.

80. Long-Term Unemployed Guy Also Posting Repug Stuff

I have an acquaintance who has been out of the job for over 3 years who is a rabid Republican. Ironically, the job that he got laid off from was at a conservative website. He got laid off because he took too much sick leave. He's facing foreclosure, and is constantly begging us and our other friends for money. We did give him money once, but he spent it on comic books instead of his bills. Did I mention that this guy is in his 50's?

Of course, the reason that he continues to be unemployed is that it's all Obama's fault.